Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...doubted Touré's basic loyalty to Marxism; it was likely that a new Soviet ambassador, perhaps less clumsy than his predecessor, would soon arrive to take Solod's place. And to help smooth things over, Moscow announced that Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan himself would arrive in Conakry soon after the first of the year for consultations. The fact remained that it was clearly too soon for the West - or for Russia - to write off Touré as a Moscow puppet...
...reasonably expect that the negotiations between Tshombe and Adoula will be smooth sailing in any respect. The reduced status that Adoula envisions for Tshombe is a long way from the power he has had as an autonomous "national" leader; and it is even further from the conception--which he himself may have begun to believe--of Tshombe as the Congo's White Hope...
...reconstruct this story of the war's long night, Historian Toland traveled almost 90,000 miles, interviewed 800 survivors, digested mountains of documents that ranged from official histories on both sides to the combatants' personal diaries (and married his Japanese interpreter). By smooth crosscutting from one battle arena to another and viewing events wherever possible through the eyes of the men and women who took part in them, he has turned out a panoramic history that is as suspenseful as a first-rate documentary-and often as moving as a novel...
...number one match between the Crimson's Nick Niederhoffer and Tech's George Meyer, humor was more common than smooth squash playing. Meyer punctuated the game with exclamations of admiration for Niederhoffer's play and other darker mutterings while losing a loosely-played match...
...magnetism of Malcolm's personality impressed the WHRB panel. A tall, wiry, proud man, Minister Malcolm spoke with a smooth, yet forceful, voice which transmitted a spirit of sincere frankness and friendship to his listeners. As he gesticulated emphatically with his left hand, the Minister's veins stood out on his temples. Then suddenly, as he mentioned the name of the "Honorable Elijah Muhammad," Malcolm's tone was transformed into one of reverence...